Missionary Survey As An Aid To Intelligent Co-Operation In Foreign Missions by Roland Allen
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duty they could influence the whole population profoundly. That is
precisely the effect produced upon the Christians by a missionary survey undertaken with them, and understood by them; they begin to see the immensity of the work to be done, they begin to see that it can be done. There should properly then here be two tables parallel to the first two. Thus:-- --------------------------------------------------------------------- | Number of | Number of | | | Occupied | Unoccupied | Proportion of |Remarks Area. | Cities, Towns, | Cities, Towns, | Occupied to |and | Villages. | Villages. | Unoccupied. |Conclusions. ------|----------------|----------------|---------------|------------ | | | | ______|________________|________________|_______________|____________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Total | Total | Total Non- | Proportion of | Remarks Population. | Christian | Christian | Christian to | and | Population. | Population. | Non-Christian. |Conclusions. ------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|------------ | | | | ____________|_____________|_____________|________________|____________ Observe what light is thrown upon a district by the mere juxtaposition of those few facts. I think those two tables alone should suffice to prove that a survey which regarded only a very few factors might be of immense service, if those who used it kept clearly before them its partial character and did not allow themselves to treat it as complete. |
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